Episode 10

Metamorphosis in Youth Through Art w/ Misha Siegfried

Published on: 12th October, 2021

This week, we welcome on Misha Siegfried – musician, producer, designer, and Creative Director at Neu-Life to talk about the organization’s upcoming Gallery Night pop-up exhibition created by students. 

In the opening, David and Mac talk about our recent community leader gathering and working towards the Imagine year three vision.  

Misha joins the pod at 17:40. his previous life as a professional touring musician (19:05), starting at Neu-Life and becoming Creative Director (21:58), growing teaching creative arts at Neu-Life and working towards more equitable access to arts education (28:50), launching Neu-Life TV (37:25), building Neu-Life into a content creation medium and Neu-Life's new building (41:25), opportunity for Milwaukee’s creative class (46:50), tikkun olam and Blues music (49:50), joy (56:45), Metamorphosis (58:00), Czar of Arts and Culture (1:10:48). 

Neu Life 

Misha’s personal site 

Working in the Imagine Salt Mines 

The Racial Divide in the Creative Economy 

Greater Equity 

BrandLab 

Neu-Life Youth Work Innovation Center 

Arte Para Todos 

Metamorphosis, Fri 10/15 at The Shoppe, 5 – 9 pm 

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Milwaukee is an arts hub. The city's creatives, entrepreneuers, arts and culture organizations, and businesses are part of an interconnected creative economy that is fueling growth and community wellbeing in powerful ways.
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